Dave Yost

Dave Yost
Yost in 2019
51st Attorney General of Ohio
Assumed office
January 14, 2019
GovernorMike DeWine
Preceded byMike DeWine
32nd Auditor of Ohio
In office
January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2019
GovernorJohn Kasich
Preceded byMary Taylor
Succeeded byKeith Faber
Personal details
Born
David Anthony Yost

(1956-12-22) December 22, 1956 (age 67)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDarlene
Children3
EducationOhio State University (BA)
Capital University (JD)
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David Anthony Yost (born December 22, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who currently serves as the 51st Attorney General of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, Yost previously served as Ohio State Auditor.

During his tenure as Attorney General, he supported attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. He has played a key role in defending an Ohio abortion law that prohibits abortion six weeks into a pregnancy (before many women know they are pregnant) without exceptions for rape or incest.[1] In 2022, he was involved in a public controversy over a 10-year-old rape victim who had to flee Ohio for Indiana to get an abortion to avoid carrying her rapist's child.[2]

  1. ^ Tebben, Susan (March 5, 2024). "Clinics ask court to declare Ohio six-week abortion ban unconstitutional after amendment passage • Ohio Capital Journal". Ohio Capital Journal.
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